About Cochlear Implant

Symptoms

• Both ears have severe to profound hearing loss.
• Hearing loss that is not helped by the use of hearing aids.
• Auditory skills are lacking or developing slowly.
• There are no pre-existing conditions that would prevent the implant from being placed.
• You are in good enough health to have surgery.
• Parents (or, in the case of adults, patients) are committed to follow-up care and appointments, and they have realistic expectations of the outcome.

Risk Factor

• Damage to a nerve during the treatment has the potential to impair taste perception as well as result in facial weakness or paralysis.
• Difficulty with balance and vertigo.
• Hearing ringing, or tinnitus.
• Remaining hearing lost.
• Brain fluid leakage.
• Failure or infection necessitating removal or replacement of the apparatus.
• Meningitis is a brain membrane infection.

Investigations

• Hearing evaluations like an audiogram, a graph that illustrates the way you react to certain noises.
• A hearing aids evaluation.
• CT or MRI scans to look at the internal ear and hearing guts.

Treatment Options

Side Effects

• Bleeding.
• Swelling.
• Infection in the area of the implant.
• Ringing in the ears (tinnitus).
• Dizziness or vertigo.
• Numbness around the ear.
• Changes in taste.
• Dry mouth.

Benefits

Success Rate

Cochlear implants are extremely successful prostheses, with less than 1% rejection.